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John Mortimer 1815–1889 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 02 Jul 1815

Birth Location: Bath, Somersetshire, England

Death Date: 13 Aug 1889

Death Location: Marlborough, Nelson, Blenheim, New Zealand

Father: John MORTIMER

Mother: Anne Wright

Spouse(s): Caroline Nichols

Children(s): James Mortimer, Mary Mortimer, Emily Mortimer, Thomas Mortimer, John Mortimer, Charles Mortimer, George Mortimer, Catherine Mortimer, Clara Mortimer

In 1815, John Mortimer entered the world in Bath, Somersetshire, England, born to John George Blandford Mortimer And Anne Wright. John Mortimer married Caroline Nichols, and had children including Catherine Jane Mortimer, Charles William Mortimer, Clara Mortimer, Emily Eliza Mortimer, George Mortimer, James Henry Taylor Mortimer, John William Hunter Mortimer, Mary Louisa Mortimer, Thomas Mortimer. John Mortimer passed away in 1889 in Marlborough, Nelson, Blenheim, New Zealand.

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Biography

  • In 1815, John Mortimer entered the world in Bath, Somersetshire, England, born to John George Blandford Mortimer And Anne Wright.
  • John Mortimer married Caroline Nichols, and had children including Catherine Jane Mortimer, Charles William Mortimer, Clara Mortimer, Emily Eliza Mortimer, George Mortimer, James Henry Taylor Mortimer, John William Hunter Mortimer, Mary Louisa Mortimer, Thomas Mortimer.
  • John Mortimer passed away in 1889 in Marlborough, Nelson, Blenheim, New Zealand.

Immediate Family

Parents

John MORTIMER
1789–1850
Birth Location: Wiltshire, England (or Bath, Somersetshire),
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Anne Wright
1789–1860
Birth Location: Broughton Gifford, Wiltshire, England
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Spouses(s)

Caroline Nichols
1827–1883
Birth Location: Bath, Somersetshire, England
CN

Children(s)

James Mortimer
1846–1922
Birth Location: Nelson, New Zealand
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Mary Mortimer
1849–1903
Birth Location: Nelson, Nelson City, Nelson, New Zealand
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Emily Mortimer
1842–1925
Birth Location: Nelson, New Zealand
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Thomas Mortimer
1862–1930
Birth Location: Renwick, Marlborough, New Zealand
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John Mortimer
1859–
Birth Location: Blenheim, Marlborough, New Zealand
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Charles Mortimer
1865–1930
Birth Location: Renwick, Malbough, New Zealand
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George Mortimer
1844–1922
Birth Location: Nelson, New Zealand
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Catherine Mortimer
1853–1895
Birth Location: Nelson, New Zealand
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Clara Mortimer
1855–1873
Birth Location: Nelson, New Zealand
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John Mortimer's Ancestors

Self
John Mortimer
1815–1889
Birth Place: Bath, Somersetshire, England
Parents
John George Blandford MORTIMER
1789–1850
Wiltshire, England (or Bath, Somersetshire),
Anne Wright
1789–1860
Broughton Gifford, Wiltshire, England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

John Mortimer's Descendants

1.
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John Mortimer (02 Jul 1815–13 Aug 1889) m. Caroline Nichols (1827–18 Jul 1883)
  1. 1. James (Henry Taylor) Mortimer 1846–1922 m. Martha (Matilda) Gardiner 1853–1925
    1. 1. Herbert (Stanley) MORTIMER 1891–1972
    2. 2. Leonard (Russell) MORTIMER 1892–1969
    3. 3. Ruby (Edna) MORTIMER 1894–1974
    4. 4. James (Henry Mortimer (aka) Harry) 1877–1946
    5. 5. George (Albert Jesse) MORTIMER 1886–1953
    6. 6. Lillian (Elsie MORTIMER (aka) Elsie) 1889–1967
    7. 7. Edith (Mary Louisa MORTIMER (aka) Polly) 1881–1946
    8. 8. Emily (Clara MORTIMER (aka) Tot) 1879–1967
    9. 9. Caroline (Eva) MORTIMER 1883–1959
    10. 10. Amy (Grace) Mortimer 1887–1958 m. John Ritchie 1879–1960
      1. 1. Patricia (Lillian) Ritchie 1930–2022
      2. 2. Harry (Leslie Royce) Ritchie 1920–2001
      3. 3. John (Mortimer Keith) Ritchie 1915–2001 m. Dorothy (Helen) Batterbury 1919–2000
        1. 1. Helen (Margaret) Ritchie 1942–2004
      4. 4. Ian (Thomas James Ritchie (aka) Gus) 1925–1953
      5. 5. Edythe (Betty Jean) Ritchie 1923–1988
      6. 6. Maxwell (Richard Grippen) Ritchie 1927–
      7. 7. Florence (Agnes Nghaire) Ritchie 1914–2009
      8. 8. Herbert (Leonard Baxter Ritchie (aka) Bill) 1924–1974
    11. 11. Melvina (Florence Mortimer (aka) Fon) 1897–1962
    12. 12. Martha (Emma Mortimer (aka) Cis) 1875–1957
  2. 2. Mary (Louisa) Mortimer 1849–1903 m. Francis (Bine (Frank) Rush) II 1841–1932
    1. 1. Ethel (Grace) Rush 1884–1967
    2. 2. Horace (Basil) Rush 1894–1956
    3. 3. Arthur (James) Rush 1870–1945 m. Jessie (Hannah Eliza) Rush 1878–1962
      1. 1. Philip (Francis) Rush 1909–1969
      2. 2. Annie (Jessie) Rush 1898–1991
      3. 3. Myra (Louisa) Rush 1904–1988
      4. 4. Clifford (Roy Wilfred) Rush 1913–2006 m. Lois (Hilda) Fisk 1909–1998
      5. 5. Caroline (Sarah) Rush 1899–1982
      6. 6. Arthur (Frederick George) Rush 1902–1982
    4. 4. Stanley Rush 1872–1872
    5. 5. Francis (Henry) Rush 1905–1966
    6. 6. Ann (Mary) Rush 1867–1951 m. John (Henry) Thomas 1866–1913
      1. 1. Olympia Thomas 1907–1993
      2. 2. Annie (Louisa Jane) Thomas 1902–1991
      3. 3. John (Walter) Thomas 1894–1963
      4. 4. Stephen (Arthur) Thomas 1906–1991
      5. 5. George (Henry) Thomas 1892–1956
      6. 6. Francis (Bine) Thomas 1896–1975 m. Doris (Ruby) HUNTER 1901–1990
        1. 1. Trevor (Bine) Thomas 1922–2002 m. Valerie (Edith Mary) Alfeld 1928–2007
    7. 7. Mark (Stanley) Rush 1890–1891
    8. 8. Phillip (Cornelious) Rush 1868–1947 m. Emma (Anna) Fisk 1877–1965
      1. 1. Philip (Francis FRANK) Rush 1908–1963
      2. 2. Walter (ANDERSON) Rush 1917–1988
      3. 3. Grace (Wayman) Rush 1906–1992
      4. 4. Myra (Gladys) Rush 1910–1989
      5. 5. Arthur (Fisk) Rush 1912–1995
      6. 6. Olive (Emma) RUSH 1905–1951
      7. 7. Stanley (Roberts) Rush 1914–1994 m. Mary (Ruby) Dewar 1919–1955 m. Margaret (June) Hagan 1923–2000
        1. 1. Ronald (Arthur) Rush 1939–2019
      8. 8. Kenneth (Henry) Rush 1920–2006 m. Laurel (Olive) Attwood 1930–1991
        1. 1. Neil (Francis) Rush 1950–1976
      9. 9. Leslie (Mortimer) Rush 1903–1988
      10. 10. Dorothy (Elizabeth Amy (Curly)) RUSH 1918–2006
    9. 9. Francis (Bine Rush) III 1879–1935 m. May (Eugene) Scott 1879–1959
      1. 1. Vera (May) Rush 1910–1988 m. Arthur (Ernest Hanson) Birks 1908–1972
      2. 2. Francis (Henry) Rush 1905–1966
    10. 10. Clara (Gladys Rush) ('Tot)' 1882–1961
    11. 11. Louisa (Frances) Rush 1877–1945
    12. 12. Caroline Rush 1873–1883
    13. 13. Catherine Scott 1875–1951
    14. 14. Lily (Martha Rush) (1885-1971) 1886–1971
  3. 3. Emily (Eliza) Mortimer 1842–1925 m. Thomas Hopgood 1831–1914
    1. 1. Harry Hopgood 1861–1948
    2. 2. Thomas (James) Hopgood 1871–
    3. 3. Jane Hopgood 1868–1935 m. Henry (William) Rogers 1860–1954
      1. 1. Noel (Stanley) Rogers 1916–1995 m. Nancy (Margaret) Hill 1924–2001
        1. 1. Baby Rogers 1949–1949
      2. 2. Florence (May) Rogers 1893–1936
      3. 3. Leslie (Barnard) Rogers 1913–2001
      4. 4. Claude (Henry) Rogers 1899–1983
      5. 5. George (Ernest Frederick) Rogers 1910–1984
      6. 6. Beatrice (Amy Caroline) Rogers 1903–1990
      7. 7. Marjorie (Hazel) Rogers 1901–1982
      8. 8. Mildred (Rhoda Elizabeth) Rogers 1892–1984
      9. 9. Leonard (Thomas) Rogers 1895–1983
      10. 10. Jessie (Maude) Rogers 1906–1991
      11. 11. Eric (Vernon) Rogers 1897–1966
      12. 12. Gladys (Emily) Rogers 1908–1982
    4. 4. Clara Hopgood 1863–1952
  4. 4. Thomas Mortimer 1862–1930
  5. 5. John (William Hunter) Mortimer 1859–
  6. 6. Charles (William) Mortimer 1865–1930
  7. 7. George Mortimer 1844–1922
  8. 8. Catherine (Jane) Mortimer 1853–1895 m. Henry (Humphrey (aka) Harry) 1849–1938
    1. 1. Percy (Earnest) Humphrey 1883–
    2. 2. Ivy (Maud) Humphreys 1887–
    3. 3. Emily (Augusta) Humphreys 1879–1922
    4. 4. Grace Humphreys 1889–
    5. 5. Clara (Elizabeth) Humphrey 1876–1944 m. William (Archibald) Corbett 1876–1964
      1. 1. Ivy (May) Corbett 1911–1990
      2. 2. Ada (Lily) Corbett 1905–1992 m. Samuel (James Mc) Fall 1907–1987
      3. 3. Keith (Martin) Corbett 1904–1982
      4. 4. Stanley (Conrad) Corbett 1906–1999
      5. 5. Clara (Catherine Corbett (aka) Kitty) 1902–1947
      6. 6. Ruby Corbett 1916–1931
      7. 7. Darcy (William) Corbett 1900–1907
    6. 6. Thomas (Stanley) Humphreys 1891–
    7. 7. James (Henry) Humphreys 1878–
    8. 8. John (William) Humphreys 1880–1945
  9. 9. Clara Mortimer 1855–1873

John Mortimer's Timeline

2 Records

1815
02 Jul 1815
Birth of John Mortimer in Bath, Somersetshire, England
Bath, Somersetshire, England
1889
13 Aug 1889
Age 74
Death of John Mortimer in Wairau Hospital, Blenheim, NZ
Wairau Hospital, Blenheim, NZ

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 02 Jul 1815
    Event Place: Bath, Somersetshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave Index
    [2] New Zealand, Cemetery Records, New Zealand Society of Genealogists Incorporated; Auckland, New Zealand; New Zealand Cemetery Records

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Date: 15 Mar 1842
    Event Place: New Zealand

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 13 Aug 1889
    Event Place: Wairau Hospital, Blenheim, NZ
    Record Source:
    [1] Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave Index
    [2] New Zealand, Cemetery Records, New Zealand Society of Genealogists Incorporated; Auckland, New Zealand; New Zealand Cemetery Records

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Marlborough, Nelson, Blenheim, New Zealand
    Record Source:
    [1] Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave Index
    [2] New Zealand, Cemetery Records, New Zealand Society of Genealogists Incorporated; Auckland, New Zealand; New Zealand Cemetery Records
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